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Make Augspurger intersection safer for walkers
To the Editor:
I walk regularly along Flint Road, between my office in Crofts Hall and the Spine, and have always been cautious when crossing Augspurger Road. I've learned to wait for turning cars; often a driver comes to a stop, allowing me to cross.
On a recent morning, I was walking to work from the intercampus bus drop at the Flint flagpoles. Traffic at the Augspurger intersection was heavy, and noticeably impatient.
As I waited at the curb, one driver stopped to let me cross and was rewarded for his courtesy with a smack from behind. Is there a way to make this intersection safer? In the case I have cited, the drivers got out of their cars, had a brief discussion—the courteous driver examining his car's rear, the incautious driver asking the obvious question of concern—and went their way.
I wonder if a blinking yellow light could be installed there, or stop-for-pedestrians signs and brightly striped crosswalks.
Sincerely,
Tom Putnam
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